【历史上的今天】11月28日

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><th><font color="#05006c"><h1>历史上的今天:11月28日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On November 28th, 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1919, American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, made its radio debut on station WSM. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><img height="133" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031144520734.gif" width="110" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/></font><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister<strong> Winston Churchill</strong> and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War Two. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1958, the African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1964, the United States launched the space probe "Mariner Four" on a course to Mars. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1975, President Ford nominated Federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the US Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1979, an Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1987, a South African Airways Boeing 747 crashed into the Indian Ocean with the loss of all 159 people aboard. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth the Second, who conferred the premiership on John Major. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci arrived in New York after escaping her homeland by way of Hungary. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was murdered in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate. Norwegian voters rejected European Union membership. Sixties war protester Jerry Rubin died in Los Angeles, two weeks after being hit by a car; he was 56. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: Some Republicans expressed disappointment and outrage over President Clinton's written responses to 81 questions from the House Judiciary Committee concerning the Monica Lewinsky affair, with one accusing the president of "word games." </font></p><hr noshade="true" size="1"/><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><span class="thought">每日格言</span></font></p><p><strong>"</strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach."</strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- William Cowper, English poet (1731-1800).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>